Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Passes 1 Million Miles - VIDEO
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No Gasoline or Tailpipe Pollution in Reaching Unprecedented
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DETROIT - September 13, 2009: This past Friday, the Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell electric
vehicles passed 1 million miles of gasoline and tailpipe
pollution-free driving by homemakers, accountants, computer game designers
and others using the vehicles every day in real-world conditions.

More than 50,000 gallons of gasoline have been saved so far in the fuel
cell Equinox, more than 100 of which are part of the largest consumer fuel
cell demonstration fleet in the world. The fuel cell electric Equinox runs
on electricity created by an on-board fuel cell stack. The only emissions
are wisps of water vapor.

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About 5,000 people have driven the fuel cell Equinox in short test
drives. More than 80,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C., and Greater
Los Angeles, volunteered to drive the vehicles as part of Project Driveway,
which began in November 2007.

The Fuel Cell Equinox carries about 4.2 kilograms of compressed hydrogen
on board, enough for about 168 miles before a five-to-seven minute refill
is required. Regenerative braking, which sends energy created in stopping,
back to the vehicle battery, extends the driving range. Drivers refill at
hydrogen stations in New York, Washington, and South California.

"It has never been our focus to get a million miles, but it's given us
an incredible learning experience," said Mark Vann, who manages Project
Driveway for Chevrolet. "This says a lot about the viability of fuel cell
vehicles - that they are not one or two decades away but are doable
today."

The officially recognized millionth mile in a Chevrolet Equinox Fuel
Cell electric vehicle was driven by Jeanine Behr-Getz, an author of
children's books and mother of a first-grade daughter in Greenwich, Conn.
Behr-Getz was chosen to participate in Project Driveway because she would
likely purchase a fuel cell vehicle out of concern for the environment and
to reduce the nation's use of petroleum.

"The Chevrolet Fuel Cell Equinox fit my family, groceries, golf clubs
and work supplies with no problem and it drove the same as my fossil fuel
crossover vehicle," Behr-Getz said. "And as a bonus, I was the only parent
allowed to idle my car in the pickup line at school."

In Project Driveway, participants keep the mid-size Equinox crossovers
for about two months with free fuel and insurance in exchange for providing
regular feedback to engineers. Having people living with the vehicle helps
Chevrolet improve the fuel cell experience. The feel of the regenerative
brakes was one change that resulted from customer comments.

"I think when people first hear about the car, they expect something
that looks like an experiment," said Stephanie White, an Equinox fuel cell
electric driver in Southern California. "So when they see how real the car
is, particularly after driving it, they want to know, 'Where can I buy
one?' or 'When can I buy one of these cars?'"

The Equinox fuel cell is part of Chevrolet's electrification of the
automobile which continues next year with commercial production of the Volt
extended -ange electric vehicle. Feedback and learning from the Equinox
fuel cell is being shared with the Volt development team.

While Project Driveway shows how easily hydrogen-powered vehicles could
become normal transportation, the high cost of development and lack of
fueling infrastructure have prevented a decision on a mass production fuel
cell vehicle.

In addition to individual drivers, Project Driveway vehicles are on loan
to celebrities, a range of government and non-government entities,
including the U.S. Postal Service which has delivered more than 700,000
pieces of mail in the Equinox. Other vehicles are used by Virgin Atlantic
and Disney, which wrote the fuel cell into a featured role in a recent
episode of the ABC Family comedy "Ruby & the Rockits."

The significance of Project Driveway is especially appreciated in
California, where most of the vehicles are in use.

"One million miles shows that people are driving the Equinox FCVs as
part of their everyday lives," said California Fuel Cell Partnership
executive director Catherine Dunwoody. "Many of those miles were on
California roads, including hundreds I put on one as a Project Driveway
driver. Fuel cell vehicles like the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell will
provide regular people with the range and convenience of a conventional
vehicle plus zero emissions, a low-carbon footprint and a sustainable,
domestic fuel."

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